Hi all, At 5am, we were awoken by the guard and sure enough, we were back in rainy Hanoi. We made it back to the guest house where Naomi and Jen had stayed before and managed to get a 4 room share for $4 each. We climbed back into bed as soon as we got in and didn't wake until about 9am. Jen and I were up and about earlyish as we took to the streets of Hanoi. Forty minutes later we were at our planned destination, the Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum. We mooched...

Hi all, The train journey was really pleasant and we all shared a cabin so played cards and ate mangoes before getting some shut eye in the soft sleepers. We arrived in XXXXX early and it was an hours mini bus ride through the mountains before we finally arrived at Sapa, a small hill station town. It was evident straight away to see how stunning the countryside was with all the rice paddies carved into the mountains. It looked amazing and so peaceful and relaxi...

Well after 48hrs on a coach we finally arrived in Hanoi. We did break up the journey with a night in Hoi An but it was straight onto the bus the next morning for another 24hrs coach marathon. It was pretty event free apart from Becki getting an ear infection and a complete plonker ripping off the coach ceiling light, as the driver wouldn't turn them off. Needless to say the driver wasn't happy and stopped the coach and proceeded to call the fuzz. About fo...

Hi all, It was going to be a whistle stop tour of Saigon. It takes 48hours on a bus to get to Hanoi where I really want to visit Halong Bay and Sapa before flying to Thailand on the 3rd of March. So as soon as we arrived it was to the museum's. We made our fist stop, to the Museum of Vietnamese History. Yes, it was as dull as it sounds so I will move on. We decided to walk to the other side of the city for some more exercise and so it was nearly 2.30pm by...

Hi all, The overnight journey to Nha Trang was an interesting one to say the least. IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED OR SENSITIVE - PLEASE DON'T READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH. I"M NOT JOKING!! Unfortunately, I saw my first Vietnam human road kill. We were travelling to Nha Trang as normal and consistantly honking the horn, overtaking everything, mopeds everywhere, always heading straight for the oncoming traffic and pulling in at the last minute - the normal d...